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Captain of the Wabash Invincibles June 8 1846

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Governor of the State of Indiana, and commander-in-chief of the militia thereof,

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS --- GREETING,

Whereas, It has been certified to me by the proper authority that Robert H. Milroy
has been duly elected to the office of Captain of the company called the Wabash
Invincibles in the Indiana Volunteers and in the
Said State under the Act of Congress, “An Act providing for the prosecution of the existing War between
the United States and the Republic of Mexico,” approved May 13, 1846.

Therefore Know Ye, that in the name and by the authority of the said State, I do
hereby commission him the
said Robert H. Milroy Captain
as aforesaid in the said Company, to serve from the date hereof until the expiration
of the term of service of said
Company , if he shall so long behave well.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Seal of the State, at Indianapolis, the Eighth
day of June in the year of our Lord 1846, the thirtieth
year of the State, and of the United States the seventieth.

BY THE GOVERNOR

Jas Whitcomb

Jno. H. Thompson Secretary of State

(pencil notation on bottom)
This is my commission as Capt of Co. C
in the 1st Regt. Ind. Vol. Inf. In the
War with Mexico

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Governor of the State of Indiana, and commander-in-chief of the militia thereof,

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS --- GREETING,

Whereas, It has been certified to me by the proper authority that Robert H. Milroy
has been duly elected to the office of Captain of the company called the Wabash
Invincibles in the Indiana Volunteers and in the
Said State under the Act of Congress, “An Act providing for the prosecution of the existing War between
the United States and the Republic of Mexico,” approved May 13, 1846.

Therefore Know Ye, that in the name and by the authority of the said State, I do
hereby commission him the
said Robert H. Milroy Captain
as aforesaid in the said Company, to serve from the date hereof until the expiration
of the term of service of said
Company , if he shall so long behave well.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Seal of the State, at Indianapolis, the Eighth
day of June in the year of our Lord 1846, the thirtieth
year of the State, and of the United States the seventieth.

BY THE GOVERNOR

Jas Whitcomb

Jno. H. Thompson Secretary of State

(pencil notation on bottom)
This is my commission as Capt of Co. C
in the 1st Regt. Ind. Vol. Inf. In the
War with Mexico

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.